First recovery plan approved 12/7/1981. First revision approved June 1987. Second revision approved: 3/13/1995. The Florida panther is the last subspecies of Puma still surviving in the eastern United States. Historically occurring throughout the...

Table of contents: Letter from the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - p. 3; Lessons from the Albatross - p. 5; Teaching Second-Graders about Life Cycles and Stewardship Minnesota Refuge Partner School Program- p. 9; Making School...

As its name suggests, the Florida Panther Refuge was established to protect the critically endangered Florida panther, a local subspecies of mountain lion. It is thought that there are fewer than 50 of these animals remaining. Recent...

Although it was established to protect the endangered Florida Panther, many plants and animals inhabit the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Protecting the ecosystem that the Florida Panther calls home requires Service employees to...

This photo, taken May 13, shows the quarters, shop, well house, oil shed and various outbuildings in five feet of water at Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge near Yazoo City, Mississippi. The water overtopped a nearby levee.

This photo, taken May 13, shows the quarters, shop, well house, oil shed and various outbuildings in five feet of water at Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge near Yazoo City, Mississippi. The water overtopped a nearby levee.

Panther Swamp NWR, Yazoo City, Mississippi: The beautiful little wood duck is by far the most abundant species found in the managed wetlands and bottomland hardwoods of Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, a satellite of Yazoo National Wildlife...

The tranquilized panther is banded for research purposes by FWS personnel. The Florida Panther is one of the most endangered mammals on earth. Only 30 to 50 adults are believed to survive in the wild, in a habitat that has been diminishing for...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepared this bibliography to assist those interested in the reestablishment and restoration of bottomland hardwood forests on previously disturbed sites such as abandoned farm land or surface-mined areas. ...